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Hiratsuka: Ferry on the Ba'nyû River (Hiratsuka, Ba'nyû-gawa funewatashi no zu), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô


「東海道五十三次之内 平塚 馬入川舟渡の図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1841–44 (Tenpô 12–Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 21.8 x 33 cm (8 9/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8988
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.08
DescriptionNo. 8 in the series.

MFA impressions:
Publisher's mark, no censor's seal: 06.1797
Censor's seal, no publisher's mark: 11.39989, 21.8988, 21.8989
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜
彫師:なし
ProvenanceMay 1915, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.